• Weipa

    June 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Up very bright and early today - not too many corrugations, a few shallow creek crossings and reasonable sections of bitumen. Coen was our first stop, a small remote town on the Cape York Peninsula with a rich mining and pastoral heritage, and an 80% indigenous population.

    Archer River roadhouse was our stop for lunch and where a huge bridge is being constructed.

    Weipa camping ground, right on the beach at the Gulf of Carpentaria, is home for the next 2 nights.
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